This is not correct.Varis wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 10:56 amI should correct myself.florin wrote: ↑Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:08 am So mantrayana and vajrayana are different then ?
http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Nine_yanas
Tibetans use the words Vajrayana and Mantrayana as synonyms but AFAIK the former term doesn't appear in Kriya and Yoga Tantra because it's a later development, hence why East Asian Buddhists don't use it.
The term "Vajrayāna" is found in yogatantra, in the Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha-nāma-mahāyāna-sūtra as well as the Vajra-śikhara-mahā-guhya-yoga-tantra It is also found in kriya tantra, in the Árya-avalokiteśvara-padmajāla-mūlatantrarāja-nāma and the Ārya-vajrakrodharājakalpa-laghutantra-nāma
In the Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha we find the term "Unsurpassed Vajrayāna."